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 * Topic "Fossil Fish Found" and "The Case of the Missing Deer"

Common Core Standards RL5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. RI5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. RI5.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to //a grade 5 topic or subject area//.

Suggested Student Objectives
 * 1) Students will draw conclusions, make inferences and predictions.
 * 2) Students will write a multigenre collage.

Suggested Additional Readings Literary Texts Poetry
 * __Calendar Club Mysteries-Mystic Lighthouse Mysteries__ by Laura E. Williams
 * __Encyclopedia Brown__ by Donald J.Sobel
 * "Encounter," by Lillian Moore
 * "Deep in the Forest," by Barbara Juster Ebensen

Resource Links
 * http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/what-mystery-exploring-identifying-865.htm
 * http://Kids.mysterynet.com/

Activities
 * **Your Turn**, Magazine, pages 62-63. Students will work with a partner and complete,"Writing to Remenmber."
 * **Activity Central-**"You Choose the Ending," page 60.

Assessments
 * 1) Magazine, page 61, Comprehension Review
 * 2) Writing Rubric 1-4, see TE T177
 * 3) Weekly Tests 29.5-29.6

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